After a second-half shutdown of the Duke Blue Devils, the Northwestern Wildcats improved to 1-2. Here’s what Pat Fitzgerald and his players had to say.

Head coach Pat Fitzgerald

-Fitzgerald congratulated students for showing up to the game and added that there aren’t any midterms next week, so he expects another big crowd.

-Fitz thought the defense “had a really good plan” and was proud of the young players in the secondary.

-Duke “threw every blitz known to man” at Northwestern, but he thought team handled it ok.

-Fitzgerald was happy about the kicking game.